professionals for free education have conducted a protest campaign in front of the Health Ministry today (23)against the attack on University /Medical student who forcibly entered the Health Ministry building and against SAITM.

The protestors have demanded the closure of SAITM (Malabe Private Medical Collage).

SAITM )in Malabe will be taken under the government and convert it as a hospital treating Dengue patients the Ministry Of Higher Education and Highways Lakshman Kiriella had informed the Parliament today (23).

Minister has informed on this during the debate held on police attack against the University/Medical students who forcibly invading the Health Ministry in Parliament today.

Dr.Neville Fernando Hospital is due to be taken up for the government by the Health Ministry.

Government Hospitals island wide by the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) ,a doctor attached to a government hospital (believed to be from Kekirawa Hospital) had performed private practice in front of the Galewala Government Hospital it has been revealed.

When the media personal visited the Private Channal Center of the relevant doctor and asked him about the strike,he suddenly stopped checking the patient with him at that moment and ran away from the Center by stating that he was not aware the strike is on today.

The doctor had crossed the road and ran away to the nearby Galewela Hospital.

Health professionals are usually not engaged in private practice during strikes launched in government hospitals.

Hospital laboratories in Dengue affected Districts 24 hours per day for the benefit of rising number of Dengue Patients.

The Ministry has already distributed Auto Analyzer Machines for the all Government Hospitals with laboratory facilities to support this kind of emergancy situations according to the Health Ministry officials.

This topic had been widely discussed during the Dengue Management Meeting held under the patronage of Health Ministry secretary Janaka Sugathadasa today (23)at the Ministry.

Around 20% out of the 69,043 Dengue patients reported from the country this year up to now were school children and therefore the National Dengue Control Unit has requested from the parents to apply mosquito repellants like citronella oil on their body to avoid mosquito bites.

Colombo Urban Council has today(23) informed the Supreme Court that the Council will not dispose the Colombo Garbage to the Meethotamulle Garbage mound anymore .

The Supreme Court was informed on this after the fundamental rights petition filed by a group of residents in Meethotamulle area seeking issuing of a court order to ban disposing Garbage at the Garbage Mound taken into consideration today.

The attorney at law representing behalf of the Colombo Urban Council has informed the Court that the Council will prepare an alternative programme to dispose Colombo Garbage .

Police have today (23) arrested the convener of the Inter University Students Federation Lahiru Weerasekare and Engineering Student of the University Of Moratuwa Faizar Ahamed over forcibly entering the Ministry Of Health and damaged it's property on last Wednesday(21) .

The Police Officers attached to the Maradana Police have arrested the Convener of the IUSF and other student after a press briefing conducted by them in Maradana this morning.

After taken the suspects to the Maradana Police they have been questioned over the damaging of Health Ministry property and thereafter arrested them.

After being produced before the Maligakande Magistrate Court the suspected student activists have been remanded until 05th of July .